SINGAPORE: A fire broke out at Toa Payoh Block 5,
Lorong 7 on Sunday morning.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force said it received a
call at about 5am.
The blaze involved discarded items located along the
common corridor of a staircase landing on the 10th floor.
SCDF said the fire was confined to the discarded items and put out
within five minutes.
The surrounding walls and ceiling were blackened with soot.
Residents from the 8th to 10th floor were evacuated.
Three people were sent to the Singapore General Hospital for smoke
inhalation.
- CNA/cc